Black Stars

Two key players in Ghana’s bungled participation before and during the last Fifa World Cup will appear before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday. The official banking sponsor of the Black Stars, Unibank, are expected on Wednesday to give insight into the monetary transfer arrangements made for the team. This is on the back of the physical airlifting of ...

___ CLICK HERE FOR ARCHIVE OF DAILY SUMMARIES DAY ONE | DAY TWO | DAY THREE | DAY FOUR | DAY FIVE | DAY SIX ___ Former Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah shed tears on Thursday during the seventh sitting of the commission set up to investigate Ghana’s participation at the World Cup in Brazil. A teary and emotional Afriyie ...

Ghana goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey says he is not bothered by his exclusion from the Black Stars squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Uganda and Togo. Coach Kwesi Appiah selected Fatau Dauda (Chippa United, South Africa), Adams Stephen (Aduana Stars) and Razak Braimah (Mirandes FC, Spain) as his three goalkeepers in his squad.The Norway-born shot-stopper had ...

– Three experienced Cranes stars are back in the team after missing out on Uganda’s final preliminary qualifier away to Mauritania. Goalkeeper Dennis Onyango, Moses Oloya and Geoffrey all missed the trip to Mauritania early this month due to club duty as the qualifying tie fell on a non-Fifa designated date. But with all 2015 Nations Cup games falling on ...

Citi Sports understands that former Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac is favorite to be technical adviser for the side. “Milo”, as he was fondly known in Ghana, was much loved before he left the Black Stars after South Africa 2010. Sources within the Ghana FA say the well-liked Serbian is one of the names on a three-man shortlist to be ...

Sweden-based forward David Accam and Leicester’s City’s full-back Jeffrey Schlupp have been given places in Kwesi Appiah’s 24-man team for the 2015 AFCON qualifiers against Uganda and Togo in September. Ghana is Group E with Uganda, Togo and Guinea for a place in the tournament in Morocco next year. Accam and Schlupp were both dropped from the Black Stars squad ...

__ CLICK HERE FOR ARCHIVE OF DAILY SUMMARIES DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR __ On the fifth day of sitting of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry chaired by Appeals Court Judge Justice Senyo Dzamefe, the Chief Director at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu admitted that the nation could have been wiser with finances concerning Ghana’s ...

The Ghana Black Stars have moved up two places in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings released on Thursday. The Stars amassed a total of 648 points, 6 points more than their previous 642.31 points accumulated in July after they exited from the group stages of the World Cup. Ghana is now ranked 36th in the world and lie behind ...

Is Fifa justified in intervening in what it regards as political interference? Is the Government right in prying the GFA’s affairs? Goal explains Much is misconstrued – and much overlooked as well – as political interference in football. Either way, Fifa frowns on it. But exactly what does Fifa itself regard as political interference in football? Below is a summary ...

Citi Sports sources in the Ghana Football Association say the new technical director to be appointed will not be hired on a permanent deal. FA officials tell Citi Sports that Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah himself will have a hand in who is chosen and subsequently, his scope of work. Public opinion has been split on the necessity of the position, ...